Definition of "half-mast" in English

noun

1. The lowered position, half the height of a mast, at which a flag is flown when mourning, especially expressing respect for the deceased.

2. (by extension) The lowered position of anything.

3. (clothing, colloquial) An unfashionably short length of a pair of trousers.

   • I looked around. Ari in a green jacket with four inches of fore arm showing and trousers at half mast, Penny and I in mismatched padded jackets and ski trousers which were way too long; and all wearing the silver moon boots that had been the rage in the early eighties.

4. (euphemistic) The state of having a partially erect penis.

verb

1. (transitive) To fly a flag in this position.